diff --git a/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js b/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js
index e839429346..5a286b82d9 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js
+++ b/cms/static/js/views/modals/course_outline_modals.js
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ define(['jquery', 'backbone', 'underscore', 'gettext', 'js/views/baseview',
         },
 
         getTitle: function() {
-            return gettext('Enable Weekly Course Highlight Messages');
+            return gettext('Enable Weekly Highlight Emails');
         },
 
         getIntroductionMessage: function() {
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/course-highlights-enable.underscore b/cms/templates/js/course-highlights-enable.underscore
index 7133db19ea..885b64bc5f 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/course-highlights-enable.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/course-highlights-enable.underscore
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 <% } else { %>
   <button class="status-highlights-enabled-value button" aria-labelledby="highlights-enabled-label"><%- gettext('Enable Now') %></button>
 <% } %>
-<a class="status-highlights-enabled-info" href="<%- highlights_doc_url %>">Learn more</a>
+<a class="status-highlights-enabled-info" href="<%- highlights_doc_url %>" target="_blank">Learn more</a>
 </div>
diff --git a/cms/templates/js/highlights-enable-editor.underscore b/cms/templates/js/highlights-enable-editor.underscore
index 9a21697b1a..de8ee87989 100644
--- a/cms/templates/js/highlights-enable-editor.underscore
+++ b/cms/templates/js/highlights-enable-editor.underscore
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <p>
 <%- gettext(
-    'When you enable weekly course highlight messages, learners ' +
+    'When you enable weekly highlight emails, learners ' +
     'automatically receive weekly email messages for each section that ' +
     'has highlights. You cannot disable highlights after you start ' +
     'sending them.'
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 <% // xss-lint: disable=underscore-not-escaped %>
 <%= edx.HtmlUtils.interpolateHtml(
     gettext(
-        'Are you sure you want to enable weekly course highlight messages? '
+        'Are you sure you want to enable weekly highlight emails? '
         + '{linkStart}Learn more.{linkEnd}'
     ),
     {